According to the American Red Cross, house fires are more likely to happen during the winter, and especially the holidays.
Another round of snowfall over the weekend resulted in dangerous, and in some cases, impassable travel Monday across Northwest Indiana s major roadways.
Early in the morning traffic on highways across Lake and Porter counties was stalled as a sheet of snow blanketed the roads, the Indiana Department of Transportation reported.
An extended traffic delay early Monday on the Borman Expressway near Indianapolis Boulevard resulted from a semitrailer that became jackknifed while traveling west toward the state line, officials said.
The crash was cleared about 12:15 p.m., nearly an hour and a half after it was reported, INDOT said. Three left lanes were closed for over an hour while crews worked to clear the area.
Environmental advocates are lining up against a state bill that would repeal a 2003 law protecting Indiana s isolated wetlands. Proponents of the bill say it would stop excessive regulation and
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) As Indiana lawmakers debate dozens of bills addressing environmental matters, tensions are flaring over whether the state should adopt greener initiatives or step back current.
Ash from Indiana s coal-burning power plants is contaminating groundwater across the state, rendering it unsafe to drink. But unlike some other states, Indiana is not requiring utility companies to remove the toxic ash from leaky pits.
Indiana has more than 80 pits holding the cancer-causing coal byproduct. That s more than any other state in America. The vast majority of them are unlined, in contact with groundwater and at risk of being washed into rivers or streams because they sit in floodplains. They ve already rendered the groundwater around 14 of 15 power plants across the state no longer safe enough for drinking water, according to the latest monitoring data.